Jay Y. Lee
Seoul, South Korea
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Seoul National University | Master of Business Administration, Keio University
South Korea
Samsung Electronics
Samsung
$5,900,000,000
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#4 Korea's 50 Richest 2019
#215 Billionaires 2019
Jay Y. Lee is the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics and heir to the country's biggest conglomerate.In 2017 he was jailed and charged with bribing a confidante of the now-imprisoned former president, Park Geun-hye, but was released in 2018. The verdict noted his role as one of "passive compliance to political power." He denies any wrongdoing and is appealing the case with the Supreme Court. In September 2018 Lee accompanied President Moon on a trip to North Korea as part of a business delegation.Lee became Samsung Electronics president in 2010 and was named vice chairman in 2012.
He attended Harvard Business School but did not graduate as he was called back to Seoul amid his studies. Lee was friends with Steve Jobs and attended his private memorial service at Stanford University in October 2011.
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